Graham Webster
Graham Alexander Webster OBE was a British archaeologist, one of the pre-eminent figures of Roman-British archaeology in the late 20th… more
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There are PLENTY of well documented incidents. Rally around those and know they are the tip of the iceberg. If something particularly egregious is documented, work to verify it; the truth is stronger when it can't be easily denied. 4/
My general rule: Anonymous/pseudonymous accounts are presumed to have zero credibility without further verification. Many are people looking to be active in a way I think is misguided; some are intentionally farming clout. 3/
This is a reality distortion problem without ANY need for intervention by AI video, which only magnifies the issue. People seeking attention or jumping to conclusions or both create widespread misinformation. Stop and use judgment with video/photo sources before sharing. 2/
So here is an example of why I'm not sharing video purportedly from the scene of federal immigration/repression activities unless it's been authenticated. The first post (which is still up) has 4.5k reposts. The user understands that it is wrong or misleading but left it up. 1/
seems like there was a lot of ramblin afoot in those days, if you ask MC5 and Creedence
And when it's time for leavin, I hope you'll understand...
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Interesting. Where is the evidence for a CCP role and for CCP-Musk coordination?
This is not, by the way, a pro-TikTok argument. Addictive social media and the content it surfaces is a social and mental health scourge. But if you want to identify ideological steering, we need to see something not explained by the normal rhythm of the platform.
The very act of coding these posts as pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli is likely a category error. Viral salience is just different if it's mourning a hostage or identifying bias or documenting starvation or depicting bombings. I would check but I can't find the report on the center's site.
It's always been crap to assume state interference is behind which perceived side gets more traffic or has more posts. So many factors. Remember "if it bleeds it leads"? For a long time now, nearly all the bleeding has been in Gaza. Shocking brutality vs. political stand-taking are not comparable.
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For every pro-Israel TikTok post, there are 17 backing Palestinians, a new analysis finds. But!
The median pro-Israel video actually gets a bit more reach, puncturing the notion China is manipulating the algo. Maybe the Palestinian cause is just more popular. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The median pro-Israel video actually gets a bit more reach, puncturing the notion China is manipulating the algo. Maybe the Palestinian cause is just more popular. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | On TikTok, pro-Palestinian videos outnumber those that are pro-Israel
The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.
www.washingtonpost.com
Signing off early for the weekend. Here are some #filmphotography pictures from walks around Tokyo in August. Remember to look away from the screens.
#ilfordpanf #ilfordhp5 #中目黒 #渋谷 #豪徳寺 #東急世田谷線
#ilfordpanf #ilfordhp5 #中目黒 #渋谷 #豪徳寺 #東急世田谷線
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I talked with @bencollins.bsky.social, CEO of @theonion.com
We had a TIME.
Listen!
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6GE5...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We had a TIME.
Listen!
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6GE5...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
They could also at any time decide to enforce the TikTok ban law which is being clearly violated to the tune of a trillion dollar fine. Apple would claim they have this letter saying it wouldn’t be enforced but good luck.
This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
just learned of the existence of tower ounces of which 12 go into a tower pound and 15 go into a merchant pound while 16 go into a London pound, which is also 15 Troy ounces of which 12 go into a Troy pound, none of which are the imperial pounds and ounces they use to measure my USian ass
I'm pretty sure this Caixin diagram of the TikTok deal is wrong, at least in that it fails to include Bytedance Ltd. as owner of TikTok Ltd. Who knows about the rest.
The current abuses seem partly designed to make everyone an accomplice, like it or not. The public needs to see evidence of resistance, or we end up with the safe assumption being every officer is a willful participant, which at least in the beginning clearly was not the case. Now though? Show us.
Also ideally, remaining feds with integrity could be doing the arresting. This would likely constitute a novel form of resignation, but it would lead to evidence trails and names and a clarity about whether anyone can trust these agencies with anything anymore.
I’m not sure whether local police can arrest feds for the things they’re doing these days.
Cops could earn a lot of respect by at least documenting misdeeds and providing authenticated footage to victims, courts, the public. And, ideally, by intervening to protect people.
Not holding my breath.
Cops could earn a lot of respect by at least documenting misdeeds and providing authenticated footage to victims, courts, the public. And, ideally, by intervening to protect people.
Not holding my breath.
“Directly on the cap table,” an investor says in a deposition. Who or how much not specified
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NEW: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has taken money directly from Chinese investors, according to newly unsealed testimony. It's the first time direct Chinese investment in the defense contractor has been disclosed. www.propublica.org/article/elon...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...
www.propublica.org
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Hmmm. OpenAI tried to sell $10 billion of shares at the $500bn valuation but was only able to shift $6.6bn? Sources have chosen to interpret this “as current and former employees demonstrating confidence in the long-term viability of the business.” Interesting wording!
archive.ph/2025.10.02-0...
archive.ph/2025.10.02-0...
Now think about how many moments are defined here by easily falsifiable images or video.
The liar’s dividend is a concept a lot more people are going to become familiar with like it or not.
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ICE has hit three homeless shelters in the last week. All shelters that were set up to serve migrants.
So they forced people to move to Chicago, Chicago stood up shelters to support migrants, and the feds use those shelters as targets for their kidnapping.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/01/b...
So they forced people to move to Chicago, Chicago stood up shelters to support migrants, and the feds use those shelters as targets for their kidnapping.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/01/b...
Bronzeville Homeless Shelter Residents 'Traumatized' After Feds Chase, Arrest 4 People
The federal agents arrived in unmarked minivans and detained four people outside a shelter run by a local church's charity Wednesday.
blockclubchicago.org
by Zhang — Reposted by: Graham Webster
one of the most overused cliche phrase in English writings on China? century of humiliation
national humiliation or 国耻 is a keyword in Chinese discourse, as in 勿忘国耻 never forget national humiliation. but 百年国耻 is not frequently used at all. a CNKI search shows 12 articles, from all magazines,
national humiliation or 国耻 is a keyword in Chinese discourse, as in 勿忘国耻 never forget national humiliation. but 百年国耻 is not frequently used at all. a CNKI search shows 12 articles, from all magazines,
Like individualized price discrimination in e-commerce, here we have another use of machine learning (unlabeled misleading generated media) Chinese regulators have I think wisely made illegal.
